Best 6 Cranberry Lemon Cookies Recipes

CRANBERRY LEMON SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• With an electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and lemon zest.
• Combine flour, salt and cranberries. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture, blending until smooth. Form dough into a ball and wrap with plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate for 30 minutes (not included in prep time). to make it easier to handle.
• Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface or between two sheets of parchment paper to 1/2-inch (1 cm) thickness.
• Cut into desired shapes with lightly floured cookie cutter or knife. Place cookies on ungreased cookie sheets and bake until lightly golden around the edges, 15 to 20 minute
• Cool completely on wire rack.
• Icing:.
• Mix icing sugar and cranberry juice to form a pale pink icing. Keep covered until ready to use. Once cookies have cooled, decorate each cookie with icing and allow to firm up.

CRANBERRY LEMON SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• FOR THE COOKIE: In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, shortening & sugars until light & fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in the vanilla extract.
• In another bowl, combine the flour, cream of tartar, lemon zest & salt, then gradually add this to the creamed mixture & mix well.
• Stir in the cranberries, cover & refrigerate until easy to handle, about 2 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Roll chilled dough into 1-inch balls & place them 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets, before flattening the balls with a glass dipped in sugar.
• Bake for 12-14 minutes or until edges are just lightly browned, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• FOR THE FILLING: In a small mixing bowl, combine the 4 filling ingredients, & beat until smooth.
• Spread filling on the bottoms of half of the cookies, then top that with another cookie to make a sandwich.

OLD ENGLISH LEMON-CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
• Mix the flour, sugar, baking soda, walnuts, and cloves together in a large mixing bowl. Beat the egg, applesauce, lemon juice, vanilla, cranberries, lemon zest, and butter together in a separate bowl with an electric hand mixer; pour into the flour mixture and mix well. Drop spoonfuls of the dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, about 10 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with the confectioners' sugar to serve.

LEMON CRANBERRY COOKIES RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, rub the lemon zest into the sugar until moist and fragrant. Add the butter to the lemon sugar and beat until light and fluffy - 3-5 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla, mixing until smooth. Add in the flour mixture, mixing until just incorporated. Fold in the cranberries by hand. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 350. Gently form the dough into balls and bake for 13-15 minutes on parchment lined cookie sheets. Let the cookies cool slightly before moving them to a rack to cool completely. To make the glaze, mix the powdered sugar and lemon juice together, and drizzle over the fully-cooled cookies.

LEMON CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare three baking sheets (for a smoother flow in and out of the oven).
• 2. Cream butter and sugars till light. Add pudding mix and beat till well incorporated.
• 3. Add eggs one at a time, beating till smooth with each addition.
• 4. Sift flour and baking soda and stir into mixture using a spatula. Fold in cranberries.
• 5. Drop mixture onto baking sheets, leaving a little room as these cookies spread. Bake for 10 minutes or till a hint of browning around the edges is visible.
• 6. Remove tray from oven and lift sheet off, allowing cookies to cool and set on the sheet for a bit before transferring them to a wire rack.

CRANBERRY LEMON COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine the cake mix with the cranberry sauce. If the batter seems too thick, add up to 4 TB of the applesauce.
• Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes, allowing less time for smaller cookies and more time for larger cookies.